MICE EPIDIDYMAL SPERMS ACTIVATION IN VITRO BY MALE FERTILITY BLEND® MEDIUM: MODEL FOR MAMMALS
Al-Dujaily S.S.*, Farhan S.R. and Abbod M.S.
Abstract
Background: Male Fertility Blend® (MFB) new nutrient supplements
have different components especially Dong qui extract which may
facilitate the sperm motility, quality and sperm count. However, in our
knowledge there is no research concern on the effect of this new
nutrient supplements on in vitro activation of epididymal sperms.
Objective: This study was designed to study the effect of male fertility
formula on the in vitro activated mice epididymal sperm parameters.
Materials and Methods: In this study, MFB (0.1 mg/ml and 0.15
mg/ml culture medium) was used for in vitro direct sperm activation
technique. Results: This study showed a significant (p
Keywords: Male Fertility Blend®, epididymal sperm, in vitro activation.
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